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British Baroque culture is focus of Tate exhibition opening Feb. 4
LONDON – British Baroque: Power and Illusion is the first ever exhibition to focus on baroque culture in Britain. From the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714, Tate Britain’s exhibition opening February 4, 2020, explores the rich connections between art and power in this often-overlooked era. The […]
Bernini’s terra-cotta models bring Baroque Rome to Met
NEW YORK – The great Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) will be the subject of a major exhibition that will open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Oct. 3. To visualize life-size or colossal works in marble, Bernini began by rapidly modeling small clay sketches. Fired as terra-cotta, these studies are bold, expressive […]
Christmas tree, Neapolitan Baroque creche on view at Met
NEW YORK – The Christmas tree and Neapolitan Baroque crèche at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a long-standing yuletide tradition in New York, is now on view for the holiday season through Jan. 8, 2012. The brightly lit, 20-foot blue spruce—with a collection of 18th-century Neapolitan angels and cherubs hovering among its boughs and groups […]
Christie’s revels in results of no-reserve Old Masters sale
NEW YORK – The first-ever Christie’s sale of its kind, Old Masters: No Reserves, held on June 16, showed the power of the new format. It realized a total of $1,254,456, with 100% of lots sold and 104% sold by low estimate. One in six bidders and buyers was new, and there was a […]